26.01.2023_Editorial

When looking at the picture of our first Feature, the first thing that comes to mind is animal welfare. Why is our closest conspecific suffering behind bars? In fact, from a medical point of view, experimental monkeys are needed for the approval of some important drugs – and many of these experimental animals came from Chinese breeding stations until recently. Since the beginning of the pandemic, however, China has no longer exported any experimental monkeys. And promptly, the Chinese once again realized how difficult it is to replace them as suppliers, as Amelie Richter explains. China sees the bottleneck in Europe as an opportunity to become the leader in primate research. From a German research perspective, these are not good prospects.